As many of you know, I've been fretting over my teaching job. People have been out to get me fired. Through all of the worry and frustration, I've spent a lot of time soul searching about what I'm really passionate about. Since I began sewing, I've become very passionate about theatre costuming. I have decided to pursue a career in costume design. My plan is go to college in the fall of 2007.
My fears have been actualized. Those people (board members) have made a move to get rid of me, though unfounded. I'm taking this opportunity to make my move forward. I resigned my job, effective in June. I'll be looking for work, hopefully related to costuming or theatre. Though the circumstances suck, I'm extremely excited about this change. Wish me well.
Okay....I found another reality show. With my love of sewing, it's only logical, right? Some of the designs I see I hate, while others I love. Some designs I hate but recognize the concept and can appreciate.
Nick, shown below, is my personal fav. His work is consistently good and something I think people would actually wear. I also like Chloe and Diana. Santino designs well but is an egomaniacal ass. I'll say it and be done with it, but Andrae needs to go NOW!
Structured and organized, you have a knack for thinking clearly. You are very logical - and you don't let your thoughts get polluted with emotions. And while your thoughts are pretty serious, they're anything from boring. It's minds like yours that have built the great cities of the world!
Does anyone watch So You Think You Can Dance? I've become a regular watcher of this show. For those who don't know, a cast of dancers who won various auditions compete on TV for a New York apartment, a load of money, and exposure. The dancers range from ballroom to jazz to hip hop to breakdance. They are randomly paired in couples and have to learn a dance in various styles for competition wach week. Dances have included hip hop, Vienese waltz, lyrical jazz, jive, and more. The dancers invariably have to dance a style very foreign to them. Four choreographers judge each couple and name two bottom couples. Each person in the bottom dance a solo and then the viewers call in to keep people.
As someone who has been studying classical dance, I have been fascinated by this process. The choreographers usually say the same things I say. Last night, they selected the same couples I did. The problem is that you can only get rid of one guy and one girl at a time. Both of those guys need to go! I love this show though!
Speaking of dance, I start back into ballet next week. I can't wait.
I'm healing nicely. The doctor has cleared me to do anything I felt up to, except heavy squats and lifting. I'm still learning my limits, but I hope that I get through this hernia okay.
I've been working hard on some sewing projects. I made a Renaissance bodice and dress this week. I'm pretty pleased the way it turned out. I'm getting better.
I'm going to be sewing a little for the Sidney Dance Company this year. My next personal project is a poet's shirt for myself. I've always avoided making clothes for myself, but the time has come.....
Some of you know that I had hernia surgery on Monday. It's been a very painful recovery, and there is still a long way to go. I'm up walking, which is good. Pain medication is a good thing.
I look forward to the day I get to take a shower again! That'll be like Saturday.
Every day brings you new experience and encounters. You probably don't see the rest of humanity as people, you see them as different fassets of the same conciousness that you are also a part of. Every time you interact with anyone, you interact with yourself on a different vibration.
You express yourself in a multitude of ways, be it art, music, clothes, make-up or the way you talk to people. I bet a lot of people think you're weird and call you as much but you don't mind. In fact you probably thank people that call you weird.
To hell with being "normal"
My test tracked 1 variable How you compared to other people your age and gender:
Saturday night, my college band director passed away of cancer. Tim was a wonderful man, from my home town even, and someone whom I wished to be like. Tim's influence came to me directly, as well as through others he had taught. My high school band director, who was a major influence in my career choice, was a student of Tim's. Even before I knew him, he was important to me.
Throughout my association with him, Tim fought with back problems. By the end of my undergradute degree, he was instructed by his doctor to give up conducting and trumpet playing, both serious losses to Tim. Tim continued to teach at the university, influencing many other young people.
Tim was responsible for my third year of college. Due to an error, I had received no financial aid that year. I got nowhere with the financial aid office. I went to Tim in tears, explaining my dilemma. Tim somehow got the office to look at my file and help fix the errors. Hasdhe not been there for me, I would not have been able to continue.
Tim has a lovely wife and two sons, the oldest being an actor my age. I can't imagine losing my father like Shad and Jason have. Tim was so proud of his family and often would tell me of their doings, even though I didn't know the boys.
The viewing is tonight. I would like to leave with him a cherished conducting baton I bought at his last conducting performance. This is a symbol of his legacy, passion, and influence on me and hundreds of others.
Rafael. You're most like the ArchAngel of Healing. You want people to shape up, and you nag. But you mean well, and you're well loved despite it. Or because of it. You bring the donuts even as you tell people to eat more veggies.
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